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Derek Martin wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 09:15:25PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> You need a browser in order to download another browser.  
> 
> This much, at least, is rubbish.  You can use an FTP client to
> download your first browser (that's how I got my first one), and a
> reasonable and easy alternative to this for the computer illiterate is
> for MS/OEMs/whoever to bundle a small application that lets you
> download any of the 3 or 5 most popular browsers of your choice,
> giving no obvious preference to any one of them.
> 
> 
> 


That whole thing is silly.  MS makes the OS, why can't they package 
their browser?  OS X comes with Safari.. why isn't this an issue?  Both 
allow you to then install whatever browser you want.






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